Sec. 1. (a) Municipalities are classified according to their status and population as follows: STATUS AND POPULATION CLASS Cities of 600,000 or more First class cities Cities of 34,000 to 599,999 Second class cities Cities of less than 34,000 Third class cities Other municipalities of any population Towns (b) Except as provided in subsection (c), […]
Sec. 1.1. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a third class city remains a third class city even though the city attains a population of at least thirty-four thousand (34,000) at a federal decennial census. (b) The legislative body of a city to which subsection (a) applies may, by ordinance, adopt second class city […]
Sec. 1.5. Notwithstanding section 1 of this chapter, for purposes of local government administration under this title, a municipality reorganized under IC 36-1.5 may, subject to the approval of the department of local government finance: (1) be classified and described as set forth in the reorganization plan adopted under IC 36-1.5-4; and (2) maintain characteristics […]
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 18-2-12-1 part.] As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.3. Repealed by Acts 1981, P.L.44, SEC.61.
Sec. 2.1. Any locality that has elected city officers, and has governed itself as a city, for at least ten (10) years immediately preceding September 1, 1981, is a city for all purposes. All elections, contracts, acts, and other official proceedings of such a locality that occurred before September 1, 1981, and would have been […]
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 18-3-2-1 part.] As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.3. Repealed by P.L.111-2005, SEC.8.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 18-3-3-1 part.] As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.3. Amended by Acts 1980, P.L.2, SEC.15; Acts 1981, P.L.44, SEC.39; P.L.5-1986, SEC.42; P.L.3-1987, SEC.553; P.L.12-1995, SEC.127; P.L.3-1997, SEC.453; P.L.68-2003, SEC.1. Repealed by P.L.111-2005, SEC.8.
As added by P.L.68-2003, SEC.2. Repealed by P.L.111-2005, SEC.8.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 18-3-3-2.] As added by Acts 1980, P.L.212, SEC.3. Repealed by P.L.111-2005, SEC.8.
Sec. 6. (a) A petition to change a city into a town may be filed as a civil action in the circuit court for the county in which the city is located. The petition must be signed by at least two-thirds (2/3) of the taxpayers twenty-one (21) years of age or older who reside in […]
Sec. 7. (a) A petition to change the name of a city may be filed with the city legislative body. The petition must: (1) be signed by at least five hundred (500) voters of the city, or, in a city having less than five hundred (500) registered voters at the time of the most recent […]
Sec. 8. (a) Whenever the classification of a city under section 1 of this chapter changes due to a change in the city’s population, the city shall be governed by the laws applicable to its new class, except as provided by subsection (b). (b) The membership of a city legislative body remains unchanged until the […]
Sec. 9. The validity of the prior acts, contracts, and obligations of a city that changes its status, name, or classification under this chapter is not affected by that change. The ordinances, rules, and regulations of the city continue in effect until amended or repealed. [Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 18-5-15-1 part; 18-2-1-2 part; 18-2-1-3 part; […]
